Technical FAD in Sao Paulo

About

Objectives

In this meeting we're going to have hands on sessions presented about how to get engaged and contribute with Fedora, with focus in requirements and process. This sessions are going to take part of FAD time and will be presented by Brazilian Fedora Contributors and Red Hat employees. The remaining time will be spent working in QA activities and bug reporting for Fedora 19 Beta.

Furthermore, our intention to create a mentorship program so that new contributors can have their progress assisted by other experienced volunteers.

Deliverable

There are some expected deliverable for this Fedora Activity Day:

Have new contributors properly enabled to collaborate, i.e with functional FAS accounts, personal wiki pages and enrolled with the SIGs

Determine mentors for each new contributors so that they work and progress can be followed

Find adopters for orphan packages in FAD

During part of FAD we're going to work in QA activities for Fedora 19 Beta

In the end of the event we're going to discuss the participation in other conferences during FY14

Organization Team

Date and Location

Date & Time

Date: Saturday, June 1st 2013

Time: 09:00 - 19:00 (1200 UTC - 2100 UTC)

Location

This FAD will take place at Red Hat Brazil Office in Sao Paulo, in a meeting room with capacity for 20-25 people. Tables, chairs, power chords and WiFi will be available in the place and participants just need to bring their laptops running Fedora.

Getting there

Parking

IMPORTANT: We don't encourage anyone to use the parking at the building where Red Hat Brazil is, because it's really expensive. It's possible to find affordable places to park in the neighborhood, such as the Gas Station in front of the Office. You've been warned! :)